Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-11-03
TIE POOP SALESMAN.
An Incident Showing .1hat He Il Entitled
tn Our Pity.


tn Our Pity.
A woman behind the counter is like
a Queen behind her throne. and is fire.
auently q tyrannical and arbitrary
sovereign, but man selling goods
does not possess the same imposing
appearance. HIS object seems too
plainly to sell his wares instead of to
trifle with the customer. or to exercise
his great privileges He is not Il dip
lomat, and in this position with all its
temptations he is seldom bully.
A few days ago while waiting on the
will of a peerless lady with bandoline
bang and naughty mien in a Broad
way shop, the subscriber was attracted
by negotiations between two ladies
and a salesman. He was a heavily
built, stalwart young man, with fresh
color, and TO the casual glance in good
training, weight about one hundred
and sixty pounds, skin clear and well
colored. The ladies were from ont of
town-we will say Jersey, the Jersey
flats BY way of venture. The young
er, the would-be purchaser. was very
thin, inclined to straw color, chill and
aguish looking-not at all in good
condition. You would have given the
shopman long odds in any combat be-
tween the two. But there was a
mother with the younger woman. her
duplicate, if duplicate means double.
for she was just double as fat, double
Us old, double as eagle-eyed.
81 want to see some black silks"
remarked the daughter
Certainly, madam" said the shop
man. Here is, guarantee. the finest
piece of black silk ever made up in the
city. If were lady and buying silk.
I'd buy this black. AS long us any of
it's left, even after it gets slick and
shiny, You can add to it, you can turn
and twist it.
.'Oh. but don't want it, if it's going
to get shiny and going to fall to pieces
like that said the younger lady from
Jersey; II want something that'll
wear"
But. madam began the Jhopman,
al didn't say
''Well, Mary Jane" interrupted the
elder lady. disparagingly, sit does
seem IN awful pity you've got to give
up your black silk, but L s'pose if the
man says himself it's going to get
shiny and's coming to pieces, it's no
good looking for one. Black silks
always convenient; in case of family
Fiction, there you are; there's nothing
genteeler for church; and as for teas,
all's extra you've got to have's lace
fichu and there you are again. Give
me II black silk, says l, and there am.
no matter where you put me. But of
course if it going to get like that,
falling to pieces in your hand as he
says"
MADAM gasped the shopman.
His knees had begun to tremble and
MS breath to shorten.
''Of course nobody wants dress
hats going to fall to pieces, because
,here'd be the dressmaker to pay, and
what's the use of making it up if it's
pound to act like thatp" went on the
Younger lady; but she was not weaken
ng, her color was high, and health
ul excitement glowed in her eyes.
81 said, madam, that" whispered
he shOpman.
''Of course feel discouraged. Mary
Jane," said her mother, waving him
lside, ''but at least he's honest; some
mend tried to pass off their goods rs
Worth buying. Young man, FL say
his to you: Your silks poor. but
-ou're honest and wish you well"
With this sally they moved off. If 1
Kept shop I'd keep it with sales
They'd awe and they'd sub
lue. but they'd sell my black Silks
y. Y. Letter.